When is the healthiest time to eat lunch? Expert answers

this hectic life schedule, our eating habits are often compromised. Be it breakfast time or lunch, people often fail to follow a specific time to have their meals.

However our body needs discipline to be healthy, and this may include the time and the interval at which one is having their meal.

Vedika Premnani, Clinical Dietician, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai in conversation with News9, said, “It is important to know that when it comes to eating, the timing of the meals plays an important role in metabolism. The human body is regulated according to a circadian rhythm – this means that our basic physiological processes, including our hormones, are controlled according to a 24-hour body clock.

We are programmed to burn more fuel in the first half of the day due to a higher metabolic rate during that time compared to the later part of the day. It means the body is also programmed to have periods without food (overnight) to re-direct and focus on other biological processes, such as liver detoxification.”